Across
- 5. To contaminate an environment, especially with chemical or manufacturing waste
- 6. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- 8. A highly engineered & regulated site for disposing of solid waste. Burying it under layers of earth
- 12. A functional, geographic area where living organisms interact with each other and their non-living environment (sunlight, soil, water, climate)
- 13. Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
- 14. When a substance is capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms
- 15. The entire flow of waste materials from the point of disposal to final disposition
Down
- 1. The process of collecting, processing, and converting waste materials into new products
- 2. The ability to maintain ecological, social, and economic systems over time
- 3. To reuse discarded objects or material in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original
- 4. A source of energy that is not depleted by use, such as water, wind, or solar power
- 7. Feedstock coming in (food waste, manure)
- 9. Where the microbes break down organics
- 10. Primary component of RNG and a potent greenhouse gas if unmanaged
- 11. Gas produced on-site from anaerobic digestion